#BCBE4F#BCBE4F

#BCBE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.134 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE4F
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -15.26, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 56.56, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0459 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.134 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5649, 48.0838, 14.5399)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE4F #514FBE

analogous

#BE884F #BCBE4F #84BE4F

triadic

#BCBE4F #4FBCBE #BE4FBC

tetradic

#BCBE4F #4FBE88 #514FBE #BE4F84

square

#BCBE4F #4FBE88 #514FBE #BE4F84

split-complementary

#BCBE4F #4F84BE #884FBE

monochromatic

#6A6B28 #969838 #BCBE4F #CDCF7C #DEDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE4F

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE4F	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.134 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d185',
    500: '#bcbe4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe4f;
$custom-light: #d3d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.081,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77815,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE4F

secondary

#9D9CCC

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE4F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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